RAAF F-35A. | Newsreel

Will NATO’s 5% defence commitment impact Australia?

By Jennifer Parker After lobbying by US President Donald Trump, NATO leaders have promised to boost annual defence spending to 5 percent of their countries’ gross
Read more 30 June 2025
Business owner looking at bills. | Newsreel

$45 billion tax debt warning for small business

Australian small business are being to urged to review cash flow strategies as a tax change next week has costly implications. Chartered Accountants Australia and New
Read more 30 June 2025
Kings Beach, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. | Newsreel

New look exec and fewer departments for Coast council

Sunshine Coast Council will have a new-look Executive team and streamlined structure in the next financial year. Council CEO John Baker said four new directors had been
Read more 30 June 2025
Minette Cooper celebrates the reopening of birdees nightclub. | Newsreel

birdees back in full flight from tonight

Iconic Brisbane nightclub birdees is back after a multi-million makeover. From tonight (June 27) the Fortitude Valley nightspot will welcome back partygoers. Group
Read more 27 June 2025
Woman on e-scooter. | Newsreel

Pass mark for Brisbane e-scooter riders

The majority of e-scooter riders in Brisbane are adhering to speed limits, according to a new study. The study commissioned the Queensland Government’s Department of
Read more 27 June 2025
Graya exterior

Racecourse Road gets luxury facelift

By Susan Schwartz One of Brisbane’s earliest street-based precincts is about to undergo a major transformation. Three new architecturally designed developments will
Read more 27 June 2025
Made from over 1100 images captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, this image contains about 10 million galaxies. | Newsreel

10 million galaxies just the start for Rubin Observatory

First images of the universe from the world’s largest digital camera have been released. The new Vera C. Rubin Observatory, in Chile, has captured images which contain
Read more 27 June 2025
Fleetwood Mack. | Newsreel

Dream of enduring chart appearances over for music stars

Australia’s music charts are changing in response to streaming services which allow popular historic songs to linger in the charts at the expense of new
Read more 27 June 2025
First man on the moon. | Newsreel

Conspiracy theorists ‘mis-calibrated from reality’

Conspiracy theorists are overconfident and overestimate how many people share their beliefs. New research from Cornell University, in the United States, found that
Read more 27 June 2025
QIMR Berghofer Professor James Hudson. | Newsreel

New lab-grown tissue is tiny, but all heart

Brisbane researchers have developed lab-grown heart tissues which behave like genuine adult heart tissue, improving the ability to test new drugs. QIMR Berghofer
Read more 27 June 2025